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No. 1 South Carolina women roll in final pre-SEC game, beat East Carolina 73-36 on the road

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The top-ranked South Carolina women took care of the basketball to accomplish one of Dawn Staley’s primary goals before jumping into Southeastern Conference play.As for hitting free throws, well, that’s another issue.Kamilla Cardoso had 12 points and 10 rebounds as the Gamecocks blew Saturday’s game open in the second quarter to beat East Carolina 73-36, a win that came despite South Carolina missing 16 free throws.The Gamecocks (12-0) entered Saturday ranked 278th among Division I teams in free-throw percentage (.656) and made 18 of 34 in this one.“I think it’s mental, I think when you start pointing things out like free-throw shooting, it seems to get worse,” Staley said.She said the team worked in recent practices on free throws, including when abruptly stopping drills to have players shoot while winded.“We weren’t good in those drills, so it was a direct reflection of today,” Staley said.Still, the defense overpowered t...

Clifford Omoruyi has double-double; Derek Simpson hits late 3 to lift Rutgers over Stonehill 59-58

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Clifford Omoruyi scored 17 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, Derek Simpson hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 12.7 seconds left and Rutgers beat Stonehill 59-58 on Saturday. Rutgers led 42-32 before Stonehill used a 16-1 run for a 47-43 lead with 9:39 remaining. Chas Stinson made a 3-pointer and had seven points, and Todd Brogna and Tony Felder also each hit a 3 during the stretch for the Skyhawks.Aundre Hyatt’s 3-pointer for Rutgers tied it 51-all with 6:35 to play, and neither team held more than a three-point advantage the rest of the way. Omoruyi was 3 of 6 from the floor, made 11 of 20 free throws and blocked three shots for Rutgers (8-4), which shot just 26% (16 of 62) from the floor and were 22-of-35 (63%) shooting at the line. Hyatt made three 3-pointers and scored 15 points. Simpson finished with 14 points. Stinson scored 23 points and had 12 rebounds to lead Stonehill (2-13). Felder made six free throws and finished with 13 points on 3-of-20 shoo...

Morgan scores 22 as Citadel takes down Toccoa Falls 106-76

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Elijah Morgan had 22 points in The Citadel’s 106-76 win over Toccoa Falls on Saturday.Keynan Davis scored 14 points for the Bulldogs (8-5). Winston Hill finished with 13 points, while adding five rebounds and three steals.Anthony Williams II led the Screaming Eagles in scoring, finishing with 25 points. Trashawn Wilson added 14 points and Josh Parker scored 13.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

2 dead, 2 injured in shooting on West Colfax

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver police were on the scene of a shooting that killed two and injured two others in the West Colfax neighborhood early Saturday morning.The shooting happened in the 4800 block of West Colfax Avenue around 1:30 a.m.The Denver Police Department said the two people killed were adult males. The two adult males injured were also expected to survive.The incident was being investigated as a homicide.Anyone with information was asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

Ed Flynn reflects on leading Boston City Council during ‘challenging’ time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

Outgoing Boston City Council President Ed Flynn said he was forced to make difficult decisions as part of his efforts to provide positive leadership during a tumultuous two-year period for a body tarred by its ethical and legal lapses.As he prepares to hand over the gavel to the body’s undetermined new leader, Flynn points to his own leadership, which includes a strong focus on public safety and ensuring basic city services for residents, as how he’d like his two-year term as council president to be remembered.While Flynn states that he “thoroughly enjoyed the job” as council president, “describing it as a tremendous honor and opportunity” he is quick to point out that it was not one that was without its challenges.“It was a difficult and challenging two-year period and several on the body faced ethical and legal challenges,” Flynn told the Herald. “During these difficult times, I still tried to provide the best positive leadership I could to the City Council body and to the residen...

Top 10 crime stories of 2023, from murder to Turtleboy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

Tragedy hit early in the year with back-to-back slayings that are on a painstaking march through the court system. A mother is accused of killing her three young children; a husband is charged with dismembering his wife.The opioid epidemic and the first responders who must confront it daily were omnipresent on the news pages. When the sirens blare, the Herald goes digging. Here are the top crime and public safety stories you read the most last year:1.) Kids, ‘drugs, sex toys,’ dead man in South Boston apartment: ‘Sickening.’ Four children living in squalid conditions while being hidden from first responders were found in an apartment filled with “alcohol, drugs, sex toys” and a dead man. That was a shocking story that still reverberates today as an example of public housing neglect, lack of respect for first responders, and the politics of pointing fingers instead of fixing the problem.2.) Massachusetts State Police find body of missing Lynn man who called police from LYFT ride. Thi...

British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Michael Clayton,’ dies at 75

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

By SYLVIA HUI (Associated Press)LONDON (AP) — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said. He was 75.A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn’t provide further details. Wilkinson was nominated for a best actor Academy Award for his work in 2001’s family drama “In The Bedroom” and in the best supporting actor category for his role in “Michael Clayton,” a 2007 legal thriller that starred George Clooney. He is remembered by many in Britain and beyond for playing former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper in the 1997 comedy “The Full Monty,” about a group of unemployed steel workers who formed an unlikely male stripping act. Wilkinson was born in Yorkshire in northern England in 1948 and spent part of hi...

Photos: High surf impacts San Diego coastline

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- As a high surf warning remains in effect for San Diego, impacts of massive waves are being seen along the coastline.With waves up to 12 feet and sets up to 18 feet, the water in some areas has found its way upward and outward. Coastal closures in place amid high surf warning in San Diego County On Coronado Beach for instance, storm water fallout could be seen Friday in the area where Loma Boulevard meets Ocean Boulevard, as shown in the photos below:Storm water fallout is seen at Coronado Beach, where Loma Boulevard meets Ocean Boulevard, due to high tides pushed out by high surf. Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024. (Credit: Bill Sandke - Crown City Photography)Storm water fallout is seen at Coronado Beach, where Loma Boulevard meets Ocean Boulevard, due to high tides pushed out by high surf. Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2024.The Paseo Walkway behind the Views Guest Building at the Hotel del Coronado. City officials closed public assess Saturday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Credit: Bill S...

Joint venture of arctic mining companies assisting plane crash victims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

YELLOWKNIFE — A joint venture between arctic mining companies says it is offering assistance to workers who were aboard a plane that crashed in the Northwest Territories earlier this week.A statement Saturday from the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road joint venture says the passengers on the Air Tindi charter flight were heading to a camp to begin construction of a winter road.The road is built each year to supply Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine, Burgundy Diamonds Ekati Diamond Mine and the Gahcho Kue Diamond mine with their annual stores inventory and heavy loads.The Air Tindi Twin Otter carrying two pilots and eight passengers crashed near the Diavik Mine, about 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, on Wednesday with everyone on board surviving although they were stranded at the crash site until they could be rescued the following day.The director of winter road operations for the joint venture, Barry Henkel, says in an email that the employees worked for a contractor and ...

Family of 4 found dead in apparent murder-suicide by New York police sergeant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A husband and wife and their two sons, ages 10 and 12, were found dead in a suburban New York home Saturday in what authorities described as a murder-suicide by a police sergeant.Police officials said Watson Morgan, a sergeant with the Bronxville Police Department, fatally shot his wife, Ornela Morgan, 43, and their sons before taking his own life.The four bodies were discovered by police just after midnight on Friday at the family’s home in New City, a suburb of New York City, after Morgan failed to show up for his evening shift at the Bronxville Police Department. “At this phase in the investigation it is believed that Watson killed his wife and two children, prior to killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” the Clarkstown Police Department said.All four had gunshot wounds, police said. A handgun was recovered at the scene.Watson, 49, began his career with the New York Police Department in 2000 before joining the force in Bronxville, a village in Westc...